King Kong battles a Skull Crawler in new Kong: Skull Island clip

After over a decade out of the spotlight, we're a mere three weeks away from the grand return of the eighth wonder of the world, King Kong. After a scientific mission to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman and John C. Reilly find themselves caught in an explosive war between man and monster. Earlier this morning we got our look at new clip from KONG: SKULL ISLAND which dropped several GODZILLA-related references, and now we finally get to see Kong in action as he takes on a Skull Crawler (sounds stupid now that I say it) with the help of a large boulder.

The official synopsis for KONG: SKULL ISLAND:

The year is 1973. Somewhere in our world, it is said that there exists a wondrous island unspoiled by man – a land shrouded in mystery, where myth runs wild. Uncharted and undiscovered. When the secretive organization known as Monarch identify this destination as the origin point for mysterious new superspecies, they mount an expedition to discover its secrets. What they find on Skull Island is an adventure beyond any human experience. An exotic paradise of wonders and terrors, where flora and fauna have fused together into an Eden of otherworldly jungle creatures. As one group fights to escape and the other declares war on Kong, we discover that the mighty primate is at the center of a battle for dominion over the island, locked into a ‘survival of the fittest’ face-off with the terrifying apex predators responsible for wiping out his kin. Driven by vengeance, Kong will become nature’s fury, and fight to take his rightful place upon the throne of most powerful beast on the island, revealing the story of how Kong became King.